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It’s not often that so many of our musical friends tour together on this level. So when Jack Johnson, G Love and ALO all offered us VIP tickets to come to their July 13th 2010 show in Holmdel, NJ, you bet we weren’t going to miss it! We were so appreciative to have a couple…

We left our S.A.M. Jam tour in North Carolina on July 11th and drove straight through to Camden, NJ where Jack Johnson, ALO, G Love and Paula Fuga were performing together. It was a long drive but well worth the effort. This was such a epic show not only because of the incredible line up…

I got back from my tour in Brazil for FestivAlma 2010 on Monday,July 5th and the very next day, I re-packed my bags and we headed off to the Outer Banks (OBX) of North Carolina for our next tour. Let me take a step back for a moment. Last year’s OBX solo-art show at The Pit…

I recently returned to the states after having the honor of being invited back to Brazil to showcase my surfing artwork at the prestigious FestivAlma 2010. My last tour through Brazil in 2007 was one of the best career experiences I’ve ever had and this time around was another one I’ll always cherish. I was…

Eastern Surf Magazine (ESM) publishes a web article on S.A.M. Jam, the 2 day Skate-Art-Music Event which Jay Alders and Original Skateboards will be hosting in the Outer Banks of North Carolina July 9-10th. The event will include a solo art show by Jay Alders, as well as a skateboard Demo, meet and greets and…

Jay sends out a video greeting to his friends and fans in Brazil. Jay will be a featured Surf Artist in the prestigious FestivAlma Surf/Art/Music Festival in Sao Paolo, Brazil on July 1,2,3 2010. Other featured talent includes musical performances by John Butler Trio and films and music by pro surfer/musician Rob Machado. >>>Go to…

Jay Alders has graciously been invited to return to Brazil as a featured Surf Artist in the FestivAlma 2010 Surf Art/Music Festival. The event will take place in São Paulo,Brazil’s Bienal of Ibirapuera on July 1,2 and 3 of 2010. Other special guests and performers Jay will be touring with include: John Butler Trio, Rob Machado,…

I guess to some extent, we all do it. Name dropping that is. In high school, upon arriving to a house party, you told the kid at the door how you’re with ‘so-and-so’ just to get into the party of the year. In your twenties, you arrive to a crowded club and upon telling the bouncer…

We had the pleasure of catching up with our friends from the band, Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) this past week as they rolled through our neck o’ the woods. They were groovy enough to invite us as their guests for their recent shows in Brooklyn and Philly and as always, we had an absolute blast.…

My bud singer/songwriter, Neil Halstead invited us out to Brooklyn last week to for a pre-show hang and to see him perform at Union Hall. Our friend Scott Imbrie, co-owner of Original Longboards rolled in with us and we had a really great time catching up with Neil and his lovely friends and wife over some…

There you are, cruising in your convertible on a sunny summer day. Your hair is blowing in the win as the warm sun skims the surface of your skin. “Let’s get some tunes for the drive…Hmm…What do I want to hear”, you think to yourself. “How about this one, haven’t heard this in a long…

Spend a day focusing on ‘negative space’ and learn to grow your perception of the world around you. If you’re an artist, you already “get this”, but so many people see the world with a narrow vision both literally and metaphorically. As an artist, I try and spend every waking moment broadening my awareness. The…

I got a nice email this past week from my pal G. Love with this pic attached (below) of his friend Rymo from the band, Slightly Stoopid. Rymo was holding his skateboard that he bought in Greece and I was stoked to see that it was one of the older 2006 model longboards that I…

Australia….It’s been on my top 5 dream destinations for as long as I can remember. And now, being at this exciting stage in my fine art career, there really was no reason not to go. After all, I have consciously manifested a lifestyle which not only allows it but demands it. But like many people,…

Thanks to my buddy G Love (Check him out on Brushfire Records) for the VIP invite to chill and check out his show at Atlantic City’s Borgata. I knew it was going to be a lonnnnng night…it’s always party time with G rolls into town. It was one of the tightest performances that Garrett and…

A very close friend was arrested for possessing a small twig today. Umm..yes, you read correctly, a twig. Her car was impounded, she was frisked, brought in for questioning, embarrassed, fined thousands of dollars, detained for hours, her vehicle was illegally searched for 20 minutes and nothing found. She was fingerprinted twice and called…

As with anything in life, you either need to grow and move forward or remain stagnant. So when I had an opportunity to have a booth at the recent January 2010 Surf Expo, I seized the opportunity. We had just been in Orlando a week or so before, so not even being remotely caught up…

“Dude, I think we got the gig!”, Dave told me and it felt like we gave high fives over the phone. I was so proud and happy to have helped initiate the first gig together with these two groups of amazing musicians and friends. Then and there I knew that our New Year’s Eve plans…

During this past summer, I was doing some sketching after a recent surf session at Bradley Beach, NJ with my friend Mark and his buddy, Bryan from the Bouncing Souls. It was an epic day of warm water, beautiful lighting and super fun glassy conditions. We were surfing just off the jetty and the wave…

It’s been about 3 years since fellow surfer/artist and friend Robb Havassy first contacted me to be a part of a book, film and series of exhibits now known to the World as “Surf Story Project”. Surf Story Project, the hard-cover book, was just finally released. It’s 440 pages of 88 of the most renown…

Come by and meet Jay as he does an on-site appearance and live art demonstration at The Surfing Heritage Gallery in Costa Mesa, CA on December 20th 2009 from 1-5PM. Jay will be in town for the book signing and opening of The Surf Story Project in Costa Mesa on Dec 18th 2009 at Hurley…

My friend & Pro-Surfer/Musician Donavon Frankenreiter just celebrated the grand opening of the Donavon Frankenreiter Margarita House on Maui recently and I wanted to give him a proper shout-out. It’s attached to the Tia Juana’s Beach Cantina on 2291 Kaanpali Pkwy, Lahaina, HI 96761 and from what I see so far, it looks like one…

ESPN Surfing staff writer Jon Coen interviews Surf Artist, Jay Alders about his travels, life as a professional Fine Artist, his passion for philanthropy work and his thoughts on his paintings. “It seems that every time there is any kind of surf-related benefit, whether it be a social or environmental cause, it seems that you’re…